Improvement in adjustable time-tables



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f torero. SMITH, orv NEWYORK, Y., AssIGNoR' To innesti@ AND n'. o.`

BLAKE, 0F, SAME PLAGE.

i Letters Patent No. 107,970, dated October 4, l`870.

IMPROVEMENT 4in Amos-MELE rims-TABLES.

` The' Schedule referred toin these Letters Patent and makingap of thesame `have invented a. newand Improved Adjustableflme'- Table; andl dohereby deelare that the followingis afnil,elea r, and `exactdescriptiony thereof;V which will jenablelothe'rs skijledin-fthe artto'malreV and'use-the "esame, reference being had to ;theaccompanyingdrawi ing formingpart of `this specification, in which-LFigure 1 represents a front elevation, of my iniprovedadjustable-timetable. f

4Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section oflthesame.

Similar letters' of reference indicate corresponding parts..` l

count tables, and all other purposes to which itmay be found useful. r

A inthe drawing represents a plate made ot' wood, metal, orot'hersuitable material, oi suitable shape a andsize. i v l It is providedwitliia series of openings, of quadran.

guiar or other'snitable vform, the said openings being l arranged instraight, parallel, or nearly parallel rows,

as shown.'

On the reverse side, the plate/A is grooved inr line with each row of`apertures.`

` Each opening in the'plate Ais to :be fitted wit-h a and described,'and for the purpose specified.

block, a, whiehfon its face, carries Jthe desired figure, character,ormark te be displayed..

4JEach block ar has projecting ribs, b, at the sides, whieh, 4resting iuthe groove of' theplate A, fit against i the faceof the groove.

The several' rows of blocks a are retaiuedon the 'plate Vb yi-slidin'gplates B B, which cover the reverse faees ofthe" ribs b, as'- is clearlyshown i |1.ig.'3, qThe plates orslides'B are-at theirnpper and lowerends held againstthplate A by means of crossbars e c, asshownf It willbe .seen thatjt-he blocks are retainedin the openings oftheplate A bythe slides B, andthatthey ean be conveniently removed withdrawing thesaid slides. I v y The time-table can be readily changed by removing'the blocks and replacing them 'by others, or by merely reversing thein,as they may cont-nin different figures onnmrks'on their opposite faces.The plate A ma)r be hinged t0 a box, (j, which oon- `tains drawers, D D,for retaining the surplus .blocks a, or documents, tickets, &e`. Havingthus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to sceuro b v Letters The arrangement, in aplate, A, having rows of qnadrangular recesses and side grooves, of' theribbed reversible'blocks a b, not-ated on' two opposite sides, anddetaehably held in place` by the slides B, as shown' Witnesses: Y

GEO. W. Manne, T. 15. Mosman.

LOYST' J.. SMTi-I.

